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Yap Current State of Tourism. St atistic Reports: (attached) Number of Rooms: (110/30% occ) Local Events: (Yap-Day/Home-Coming/Canoe Festival) Local Products: (Dive/Sail/WWII Relics/Cultural Tours & Dances) Yap Living History Museum & Cruise Ship Welcome Center
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Yap Current State of Tourism Statistic Reports: (attached) Number of Rooms: (110/30% occ) Local Events: (Yap-Day/Home-Coming/Canoe Festival) Local Products: (Dive/Sail/WWII Relics/Cultural Tours & Dances) Yap Living History Museum & Cruise Ship Welcome Center Regional Initiatives: (PATAMic/MagMic/MCA/GMIF/Military Shows) International Initiatives: (PTM/Road Show/ATE/DEMA) Funding Sources: (US Compact-PSG)
Strength • Culturally Unique • Environmentally Sound • Politically Stable • Cleanliness (sea/air/land) • Personalized Service
Weaknesses • Airlines Traffic & Schedules • Airport/Seaport Services • Communication & Infra-structure • Investment/Hotel Partnership • Tug-of-War between Hotel/Airline (chicken/egg) • Stake-holders Support
Opportunities • Inland Runway • Cultural Tourism (Navigation/Canoe Building/etc) • Cruise Ship Industry (Exotic Island Get-away) • Maritime Boundary (Ocean Resources) • Sea Bed Exploration (Challengers Deep) • Strategic Location • Medical Tourism (Local Medicine/Healing/Massage)
Threats/Challenges • Natural Disasters/Global Warming/Sea Level Rising • Man-made Disasters (Wars/Oil Spill/Wild Fires/Chemical Dump) • Diseases & Epidemics (SARS/H1N1/Dengue Fever) • Proximity between Giants • Business Monopoly • Airline Schedules & Traffics • Cruise Ship direct visit to Outlying Islands • Home Stays • Budget Constraints